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QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ May 6, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) Pretty sure they're a lot stronger than that. I may be talking out of my ass, but I think they make them at a few different proofs. Pretty sure I bought one that was 10% and I think I've seen a 16% on menus. Correct. I believe it's 5.9, 10 and 16. I've had the 10. A couple of those and you'll be on your ass. Just tastes like root beer. It's incredible. I first had it a few years ago at the Village Inn in Skokie, and I get it every time I go back to Chicago now. Only other place I'd seen it was World of Beer in Evanston, but it sounds like it's more popular now. There was a deadspin article on it today, actually.

Teravainen had a great game last night. Really liking the lines from this series.

What a shot by Gaudreau.

Crawford. Damn.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 5, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Luke Stuckmeyer @LukeStuckmeyer Power outage last night at Excel Energy Center.Yeo said ice should be good by tonight. #HawksTalk #Blackhawks Shaw said even with the slightly heavy ice at morning skate after the power outage it was still better than the UC's ice.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 4, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Sounds like someone was out on the town with the guys after the game, huh? Oops

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 4, 2015 -> 07:41 PM) My girlfriend was a soph too.... Of course we ended up dating for 6 years. Is this the same girl you had to remind her you weren't dating anymore on her 23rd birthday or something?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 4, 2015 -> 08:00 AM) Last night was easily the best 60 minute game they have played in the playoffs so far Bar none. Looked great. Hope Crawford doesn't have any ill effects from that shot to the head. What a puss from Keith to Kane.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) You know who is happy that fight sucked? Jamie Foxx. Nobody is talking about the worst anthem ever. It was pretty awful.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 2, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) I saw that. Somebody be lying. If I had to guess the Mayweather camp started to back track and tried to resolve the situation after they saw how bad it was going for them. Who knows though. Agreed, I'm calling bulls*** and that Mayweather's camp is backtracking like mad.

I watched the game at Tom Reid's, a bar a couple blocks from the Xcel Center. It was nuts. Talk about enemy territory.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 11:09 PM) Making the Super Bowl is not winning the Super Bowl. This is seriously your best argument against drafting a wide receiver? Just...no.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) i don't buy that, negligence vs intentional murder, i hate to get into the semantics of this, but they, the officers took it upon themselves to commit murder, when they walked that line of abuse. now, many, including lawyers will debate this in the upcoming months that it was negligence or unintentional, an accident. yes, however not for this, they, the PO crossed that line when he started on the road of police abuse. they knowingly broke the law of the land and murder was the result. there is no, oops i mean didn't mean that. so let me emphasis this, they knowingly broke the law and this was the result. Depends on the Maryland statutes regarding reckless indifference. I could definitely seeing this being that, based on the generally agreed upon "rough ride" scenario. Just negligence won't cut it for murder.

I'm a fan. Once the Jets were up you knew the Bears were getting either Williams or White.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) It would be the exact opposite IMO. As soon as a cop looks like he's being mean, Cook County jurors would find fault. The amount of questionable/iffy excessive force claims would rise, not fall. And even for the 50 that exonerates a cop, the 1-2 that are bad will be all over the news and make the department look bad. There's very little for the PD to gain by doing that. edit: im talking metro PD's btw. Downstate, where people are less likely to find fault in government or companies because they're less jaded, maybe not. But in major cities with groups of people who have distrust of government/police departments, no way. They want a reason to nail the CPD and they'll view video/evidence in that light. Hell, they already do. We had a case a few years ago where officers knocked down a mom who was "protecting" her son while he was being arrested. The cops got a little physical, but she was all over them, and they basically knocked her down to the floor and she suffered a herniated disk and had some medical issues, all brought on by her own actions really. She/we (Plaintiff in that case) got over 2 million. The jurors couldn't wait to make them pay. We've had a few excessive force cases and the PD's settle pretty quickly because they don't want to take the risk of getting the case to a jury. Totally disagree. Cops do plenty of awful things, Freddie Gray a prime example. But they also face a mountain of bulls*** excessive force suits where the only way the Plaintiff even gets a couple grand out of it is because it's he said/she said and it's not worth the city's cost of fighting it. More cameras = more cases getting dismissed earlier (summary judgment) = number of excessive force claims go down.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 11:46 PM) Artemi Panarin officially signs a 2-year entry deal with the Hawks! If he doesn't make the team, he is returned in a sealed box back to Siberia. http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2015/4/28/...-artemi-panarin I'm happy about this, but does anyone know why he wasn't drafted originally if he's so good?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 07:54 AM) That translates to guy removed from the roster to clear a scholarship spot? Yep. Once Bryant signed we're over-signed by one scholarship for next year. If they found way to have Priller become a walk-on but magically get a bunch of "academic" scholarships I'd be ok with that.

Few days old, but Yogi is returning. Should be preseason top 15 now with everyone back + Bryant. Top of the Big Ten should be competitive with Maryland/Michigan State/Indiana. Early early prediction is Maryland takes it. Diamond Stone and Melo Trimble on the same team is scary for everyone else. One more will still get Creaned, though. Wonder who.

QUOTE (juddling @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) I know i've said it before but Person of Interest had kicked ass again this season. Season ender next week. hopefully Shaw comes back finally That was a great episode last night. Silicon Valley: Holy s*** that new guy is incredibly annoying. He says some funny things ("this guy f***s!") but he's just too much, I can't handle it.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:17 PM) So I kind of need to present my bosses with what I want for them to keep me (forever, to use their words). I can negotiate a lot of things, but Ive never asked for a raise in my life. I dont want to insult them but I definitely want to ask for enough that their first answer is a counter. Any suggestions? You work for a Plaintiffs' firm right? It's a little different then given contingency cases. Perhaps larger base salary and great % of cases you bring in?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) Oral arguments were held today in the SSM case at the Supreme Court. Several wrap-ups here, but the overall takeaway seems to be cautious optimism for at least requiring all states to recognize same-sex marriages from other states if not a requirement for same-sex marriages in all states. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015...ut-gay-marriage http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cou...218e_story.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/us/supre...l?smid=pl-share I'd be shocked if Kennedy (and by extension the Court) doesn't go in favor of gay marriage. All the ingredients are there. It's long past due. I'm more looking forward to what apoplectic diatribes Scalia comes out with in his 785 page dissent.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) Whoa - they must have had a hard time hiring, because that has changed since the late 90s (OK so I'm old). They were also paying a starting salary back then in the low 40s, and it hit 50s at some point - not sure where it is now. Its an interesting discussion itself. Lots of affluent suburban departments require degrees, some cities, but it does make it harder to recruit. I don't have any good comparison studies (that I'm aware of) for you to look at, but an interesting comparison for you to abstractly think about would be Minneapolis and St. Paul. Obviously comparable for many reasons. Minneapolis is typically seen as the force that only hires ex-military. Interestingly, 94% of Minneapolis officers and 78% of St. Paul cops don't live in their respective cities. The tension between the Minneapolis PD and North Minneapolis (yes, this is the typically poorer and mostly black part of town) is pretty well known. Not sure if it's as blatant or widespread in St. Paul.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Yeah I agree with a lot in there, but here's my one issue: He's asking why we're not as outraged about police brutality as we are about the riots. And I think the answer is pretty simple: we're watching it live, as it happens. We can see the smoldering cars and buildings. We can see the kids hurling brick and bottles. With police brutality we don't, or rarely do, and when we do, generally there is a fair bit of outrage. Don't you think the fact that the police brutality is less visible, more insidious, makes it inherently part of the overall problem we're talking about here? And while I we're both coming at this anecdotally, while there can be a "fair bit of outrage" about police brutality, I don't think it even comes near the level of outrage at rioting such as Baltimore.

Lisa Loeb's "Stay" has been in my head all morning. What am I, a mid-90s college girl?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 01:30 PM) Jesus Christ. My university double-booked the room for my final exam in a class of 330 students with a graduation event featuring the chancellor that is expecting 700+ people. You lose, unfortunately.